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t. ~~l ~+C--w._ ALLIANCE GRANITE AND CHINA CLAY COMPANY: EAST INDIA.4IOI.ISE, SEPT. 13, 1826. HE COURT of bIRE C TOR S ofths,UNITED T COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND 'Trad ing to the EAST- INDIES do hereby give Notice, That the LISTS of such PROPRIETORS as by the Corn pany's Books appear qualified to VOTE at the GENERAL ELECTION on the llth of Aprils : lB27, will be ready to be de livered 011 THURSDAY, the 9th November next. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Sm. 13, 1826. THE COURT ofDIRECTORS tithe UNITED COMPANY 'of MERCHANTS - of ENGLAND Trad ing to the EAST INDIES, :do hereby give Notice, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY-:appointed to ,be held at this House on WriursuaY, the 27th instant, is made SPECIAL, for the purpose of, sub znittiug for confirmation a Resohition of the General Court of ' the list June, approving the Resolution of the Court of Direc tors of the 3d May last, providing that Captain Michael, of the Madras Establishment, upon his resigning the Military Service, in order that he may continue to act as Mahratta Translator to the Tanjore Commissioners in England, in which capacity 'se re ceives a Salary of 6821. 10s. per ann, shall be-granted,'uponi the terms and conditions therein stated, a continuance of that Salary for Life: and further providing, that whenever the period shall arrive, at which, if Captain Michael had continued in the tary Service, he would have succeeded to the command,of. a Re giment and a share of the Off-reckonings, the said Salary of 6821. 10s. per annum shall be increased from that date to 1,0501. per annum for Life. Copy of the Resolution before mentioned, together with the Documents upon which it has been formed, are open for the in spection of the Proprietors at this House. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. fit - IHE GALLERY continues open, with the COLLECTION of PICTURES from CARLTON PA. LACE; which HIS MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to 411 ow the Directora'to Exhibit. Admittance (from Ten till Six), .h.--Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD,' Kseper. This day, in post Eivo. 9e. 6J. ROUGH NOTES taken during some rapid Jour ales across the PAMPAS, and among the ANDES. By Captain FRANCIS BAND HEAD, The Commissioner of the Rio Pinta Mining Association. Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-street. FOREIGN • LOTTERIES, PRIVATE LOTTERIES,: LITTLE GOES, and RAFFLES. Lottery Office, Somerset-place, July 19, 1826. 'LOTTERIES being finally to cease on the 18th Day of October next, Notice is hereby given, that the Laws again st.the Sale, or advertizing for Sale,. of Foreign Lottery Tickets, and of any Lottery Tickets not authorized by Parliament, and against Little Goes and Private Lotteries, will he strictly enforced. It is requested than the outstanding Prizes may be brought.in for payment with the least possible delay, that the Lottery Ac counts may be closed. Numbers of Tickets anal Shares may be registered, and their fates may be ascertained by application at this Office. L. HESSE. THE LAST INVITE To gain THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS is now before you, as BY WARRANT of the LORDS of the TREASURY, WEDNESDAY, 18th NEXT MONTH, (Oct.) ALL LOT- TERIES END FOR EVER. VARROLL, Contractor, solicits public favour for N--! a Farewell venture in this Last and Only Lottery, that will ever be submitted, embracing, in magnitude and number, a greater display of Capitals than were ever known before: Being, SIR PRIZES of £30,000 ! No Blanks ! Every Ticket a Prize ! forming the unequalled aggregate of 88140001. ! All in One llay ! WEDNESDAY, 18th of Next Mouth (October), then All Lotteries End for Ever ! Tickets and Shares are Selling by CARROLL, Contractor, 19, Coruhill ; 7, Charing-Cross ; and 26, Oxfbrd-street, where he Sold within a short period , FOUR Prizes of £30,000! , FOUR 20,000 ! And other Capitals in former Lotteries, exceeding A MILLION STERLING ! HE PUBLIC arc warned against numerous T Imitations of Doctor SOLOMON's CORDIAL BALM of GILEAD, put forth by several unprincipled Individuals to ensnare and deceive. The great reputation so long enjoyed by this excellent Medicine for. the Cure of Indigestion, Nervous Complaints, Declines, and Diseases induced by Excessive Indul gencies, and the great demand for it, have tempted the worthless and unprincipled to this nefarions'practice, by which many inva lids have been irreparably injured. These imitations extend not only to the Name of this medicine, but to the Advertisements, Wrappers on the bottles, and every distinguishing mark except that.which would involve the life of, the Depredator, namely, the words "Samuel Solomon, Liverpool," engraved on the Govern ment Stamp affixed to each bottle, to imitate which is felony, and punish a bl e as such. To this distinguishing mark the public attention. is particularly directed, without which no " Cordial. Balm" whatever has any claim to the merits of Dr. Solomon', invention. " The Genuine Medicine is prepared at Gilead. House, near Liverpool, and sold by Mr. Johnston, 68, Gambill; Mr. Sanger (late. Bacon and Co,), 150, Oxford-street; Mr. Ward, Holborn; Mr. Henry Mackeill, 33, Whitechapel, London ; and by all the Principal Venders of Patent Medicines throughout the 'United Kingdom, in bottles at 1 la. each, and family bottles, containing the quantity of four small ones, for 88$. N.B. Be careful to aak for "Doctor Solomon's Cordial Balm of Gilead," and look at the name on the Stamp. • THE ARMY. Detattlonents , belonging to the Ist and Bth Regiments of In fantry are ordered to embark, to-morrow morning, on Imar4l a vessel in the River, for Scotland. A Detachment belonging to the 66th Regiment of Foot is or-' dered to embark, on Saturday morning, on board a yew! in the River for Hull. A.betachinent belonging to the East.fmlia Company's Service has received orders to embark this morning, at Billingsgate, for GiAvesend, on route to Chatham. - - _ A KNAvE.---Aknave is like a toothsd rawer , t h at ma i n t a ins his ow n teeth in constant eating 14 pulling out those brother men. He is au ill moral philosopher, of villainous prin ciples, an d as b a d practice. His tenets are to hold what he can get, right or wrong. , His tongue and his heart are always at var i ance, and fall out like rogues in the street, to pick somebody's pocket. They His never Herod and Pilot, . to d o mischief. agree but, like eoence lever stands in his light, when the devil holds a candle to him ; for he has stretched it .so thi n t h at it is tr fraud, and petfl a i n li s ousT e n s t s . is an engineer of treachery, and knows how to manage matters o f great weight with; very little force, by the advantage of his -trepanning screws. H e is .very skilful in all the mechanics of cheat, the mathema tieal magic of impostor; and will O u td o t h e expectations Of the most credultius, to their own admiration and undo ing, He is an excellent fotinder, and will 'melt down a leaden fool, and cast him into what form he pleases. H e is like a pike in a pond, that lives by rapine,and will some times venture on one of his kind, and devour a knave as big as himself; he will swallow a faol a' great deal bigger than himself; and if he can but 'get his head .within his Jaws, will carry the rest of him banging out of his mouth, until by degrees he has digested Min all. He has a hun dred tricks to slip his neck out of the pillory without leav ing his ears behind. As . for the gallows, he never ventures to show his tricks upon the high rope ? for fear of breaking his neck. He seldom commits any villainy, but in a legal w ay, and makes the law bear him out in that for which it hangs others. He always robs under the vizor of law, and picks pockets with tricks in equity. By this means the 1 4w mak es more k naves than : it hangs; and, like, the inns of court, protects offenders Against itself. He gets within the law and disarms it. His hardest labour is to wriggle hi m""lf into tr u st, w hi c h if he can but compass, kis busi nessis done; fur fraud and treachery follow as easily as a thread does a needle. He g rows rich by the ruin of hi s ll i eighbours, like gr ass i n th e streets in a great sickness.. He shelters himself under the covert of the law, like a thief in eat e f :P-plot, and makes that secure him which was intend r deuructione—Butier• . ~...,T ....„......;../ + , i . c . , It. : i ...... ..\................. I: 1 N. , , ...." . , ir i p -ii .. 'G. • r No. 10,612. ‘. ..--../..."... . L:- PRICE 7D. THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1826. DINNER TO LORD MELVILLE. (Prom the Edinburgh, Courant.) On Friday a .splendid dinner was given to .Lord Mel ville, by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, in the Royal Hotel, for the purpose of testifying to his Lord ship the grateful sense they entertain of the important ser vices rendered•byliim to the city, in many, public mea sures connected with its prosperity, and especially in, the arrangements recently adopted. respecting the port of Leith. The company were numerous .and respectable.— About 90 sat down to dinner. The Lord Provost was supported on the right by Lord Melville, and on the left by Lord Abercromby. There were also present, Lord Binning, the Lord Advocate, the Lord Clerk Register, Baron Hume, the Solicitor-General, Sir John Hope, Sir John• Dalrymple, Sir John Erskine, Sir Philip Dur ham, K.C.8., Sir Henry Jardine, Colonel Thackeray, Colonel Thornhill, Keith Douglas,• Esq. M.P., Captains Tait, Stoddait, Deans, Wauchope, and Hodgson, R.N. the Commissioners. f the Leith Harbour and Docks, the Hon.. Henry. Dundas, M.P. for Rochester, the Honourable Charles Dundas, Mr. R. A. Dundas, Mr. Buller, Colonel Farquharson, &c. &c. The Lord President and the Sheriff were prevented, by indisposition from attending. After the usual preliminary toasts, the health Of Lord Melville was proposed by the Lord Provost, in terms of great feeling and eloquence, in which he alluded to the deep interest his Lordship had alwayotaken in every thing relating to the welfare of Scotland, and of thismetropolis in particular, and especially noticed the great personal labour he had bestowed in making the arrangement now so hap pily carried into effect .respecting- the port of Leith—an arrangement calculated to benefit the public at large, and to increase the revenues. of the city of Edinburgh. The Provostalso very feelingly adverted to the obligations Scot land owed to the father of Lord Melville, from whom he might be said to havoreceived, as an hereditary succession, that regard for its interests which he had so nobly and amply exemplified. Lord MELVILLE, in that dignified, powerful, and impres sive manner for which he is so much distinguished, re plied to the topics alluded to in the Lord Provost's ad dress. After personally complimenting the Provost for the able and successful manner in which he had discharged the arduous duties of his high office, he proceeded to state his attachment to the interests of this metropolis,—his anxiety to promote its prosperity by every exertion in his power— his satisfaction at finding that what he had done had met with approbation,--a satisfaction enhanced by the recollection of the long and intimate connection that had subsisted be tween his family and the city of Edinburgh, and added, that he should at all times be gratified by having an oppor tunity to exert any influence he possessed in favour of its improvement and advantage. The health of the Lord Register, the Member for the City being drank, he made an eloquent and appropriate reply, in the course of which lie dwelt upon his obligations to Lord Melville, to whom he was much indebted for co operation and support whenever he had occasion - to apply to him on the affairs of the city of Edinburgh. To the toast of " His Majesty's Ministers," Lord Mat , . VILLE returned thanks for himself and his colleagues, and stated, in an energetic manner, the great anxiety they all felt, in a time of no common difficulty, to adopt and pursue those measures which seemed best calculated to promote and secure the prosperity of theltation. The healths of the Lord Advocate. Lord Abercromby, Loral Miming, the Solicitor-General, and other distin guished characters present, were successively proposed, and followed by appropriate replies. - To that of the University, Professor Wilson returned the thanks of his Colleagues in an eloquent manner. The evening was spent with the utmost harmony and conviviality, and- the noble' guest and his friends left the room at a late hour, apparently much gratified with the conduct of the entertainment, and the attention which had been paid them. A DRUNKARD.---A drunkard is one that will be a man to-morrow morning, but he is now what you will make him, for he is in the power of the next man, and if a friend the better. One that bath let go himself from the hold and stay of reason, and lies open to the mercy of all temp tations.. NO.lust but finds him disarmed and fenceless, and with the least assault enters. If any mischief escape him it was not his fault,for heivas laid as - fair for it as he could. Every man sees him, as Cham saw his father, the first of this sin, an uncovered man, and though his garment be on, uncovered; the secretest part of his soul lying in the naked- 1 est manner visible : all his passions come out now, all his vanities, and those shamefuller humours which discretion clothes. His body becomes at last like a miry way, where the spirits are beclogged and cannot pass; all his members are out of office, and his heels do not trip up one another. He is a blind man with eyes, and a cripple with legs on.— All the use he has of this vessel himself is, to hold thus much; for his drinking is but a scooping in of so many quarts. Tobacco serves to air him after a washing, and is his only breath and breathing while. •He is the greatest enemy to himself, and the next to his friend, and then most in the act of his kindness is but trying a mastery, who shall sink down first; and men come from him as a battle, wounded and bound up.• Nothing takes a man off more from his business and makes him more wretchedly careless what becomes of all. Indeed, he dares not enter on a se, rious thought, or if he do, it is but such melancholy that it sends him to be (trunk again. —Bishop Bade. SittPwitEca.--Ii is our painful duty ---- to have EA v eto pF r u ee L ord more distr ess i ng accounts o f ship wreck, near this fatal atom, than on any other part of the Yorkshire coast. The following are the particu lars of the dreadful scene which occurred her on Wed- nesday last. The Esk , a Greenland vessel, bound to Whitby, came on shore, during a tremendous gale of wind, about eleven o'clock at night, nearly a mile from Redcax, and adjoining to Mars k. The life-boat was promptly obtained from Redear, and several indivi duals, at the imminent danger of their own lives, fear lessly hastened on board, and put off towards the ves attemrs sel, with the hopes of thus saving some of their fellow ereatno s from a watery grave • but after many fruitless . , . Limy uent d• • to gain the vessel, in which they were as fre -2_ ~ y men back by the boisterous billows, and not having sufficient bands on board to manage the boat, affording the Wretched crew any .l rocks, 1 were reluctantly compelled to give up the hope of , when she source. The . ill-fated ' assistance. from that vessel kept beating against' the 81 ' p t a I rt ntil_ nearly five o'clock the next morning, into the foaming of Lute of soon t w e e i I d t completely in two, and the crew, con sistin-seven persons were instantly precipi tatedunhappy beingsaming aeeP. Twenty-three of these Captain and I floated d in found . a watery grave, The every attention vi a , recovered, but the Paid the . sailors were washed on shore; to them, and the sailors soon yards of the shore timber which had fl c o a ' was so severely'struck:by . a. log of being taken up on the eh from on a t r h ri e v ilw*rewckit,h within that few The E s k , , each, life was found extinct. had on oottru fitlylnis of oil, seal-skins, &c. &c. - Several of the casks floated on shore, and th e vessel c is 11°W a containing oil have complete wreck.— York, Courant, Sept. l2. LIFE IN JAMAICA. The following is a portrait of a mansion of the first class in the island, and a picture of every-day life of its inmates : —" The house stands on an elevation, perhaps 150 feet above the sea,backed by everlasting woods and wildernesses, commanding a most extenaive - view of the two harbours of Port Antonio, part of the town, Titchfield, and a grand expanse of ocean to the north. The mansion consists of an entrance hall,. with sleeping chambers on each side-- and this hall leads to a piazza about fifty or sixty feet long, which forms the nothern facade of the house. At one end of the piazza is likewise a chamber, and at the other end a dining apartment, or hall, where we are accustomed to - take our meals. The piazza is about fif teen feet wide, furnished with a few chairs, made of - cherry tree wood, a spy-glass, a backgammon board, and chessmen. The furniture of the dining-room, is much of the - same character, except a set of tables, a sideboard, and a dozen of chairs, all • of mahogany ; and the en trance hall contains a couple of The sleeping rooms are furnished in the same simple, manner; a bed stead, with mammal ands pair of sheets, covered solely with a lawn net, to keep off the mosquitoes; a chest of. drawers, and two or three chairs, form the contents of each apartment. There is a narrow piazza on the south, side of the house, too hot to inhabit after sunrise ; and the offices are all detached. Nature here requires but shelter from the sun and rain. In many houses the rooms are not ceiled, and all is on the ground floor, which is generally built, as in this case,on stone buttresses. After a breakfast of strong coffee, having a rank taste of oil, from being too new, roasted plantains, and excellent cocoas, lubricated with salt. butter, my old friend takes a ride to inspect his negroes at work, or to hear the news et the bay, as the town is called. He indulges in a nap (a siesta) sometimes from one to two, and promenades, or plays a game at, chess in the piazza, till three, when dinner is announced ; and then another promenade, or -ride till dusk, fills up our day. lie goes to bed at eight o'clock, and rises at five. One day is much like another, except varied by the appearance of an occasional visitor, who generally stayed the night. In bad weather we read plays, novels, and newspapers, play at picquet or backgammon; ogle every sail through the telescope; and the old gentleman smokes a cigar at dusk, as he says, to drive away the musquitoes. We are waited on by a black butler, anti two footmen, who 'wear each a shirt and white trowsers, with a short blue jacket. The sable females who, make the beds and polish the floors, are often clad in gayer and more expensive apparel—very neat and - clean ; but none of the servants, male or female, know the pleasures of shoes or stockings. At night the females retire to their awn houses, or to those of their parents, no accommodation being thought of for servants ; the men seek the abode of their wives, and the waitiug boys lie on the floor of the hall, or at their masters' doors."—Cork Southern Reporter. IMPORTANT PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE T Brabant left on. Sunday last for town.--Brighton Ga• zette. CASE OF POISON FROM THE BITE OF A FLY.— The following has recently been published by M. Frank, Provincial Councillor and first Burgomaster of M;n:deburg "According to information communicated by a phy; sirtian or this cite, a labourer died the day before yehter day,• in a neighbouring village, ontsida my arrondisse ment, in consequence of the sting of a Hy, which he received on the ' back of his left hand, a few days before. When a physician was called in the wounded man's hand was already in a state of mortification, and he was affected with a lock jaw. An inhabitant of my de partment has been attacked, in like manner, by an insect, on the right hand, and the arm has mortified as far as the elbow-joint, so that there is little hopes of title poor crea ture's life being preserved. " It may be looked upon as nearly a certainty that the flies which stung these individuals took the poison which they communicated from an animal which (lied, or was sick, of an inflammation of the spleen. " The Government of this city has already, by a publi cation of-the I Ith of October, 1822, called public atten tion to the fatal consequences which may result to the health of men and otheraninials ; from the poison which pro ceeds from the inflammation of the spleen, when treated without due caution in those animals which are attacked bi it ; and it is. enough for me, therefore, now to refer to that publication. To the instances already given may be added the report of the Regency of Potsdam, which states that several proprietors of cattle have' unfortunately, taken the infection from having touched the mouth, or even a wound in the back of the animals affected. And there are other exemples of-people dying who merely bled heifers attacked . with this disease. Their bodies were opened and an internal gangrene was discovered with - the spleen quite relaxed. At Spandau, a woman who had drunk milk from a cow so diseased died. In fine, several dogs and pigi have been found dead, 24 hours after eating the flesh of animals that died of the mortification of the spleen. The skins even of these animals communicate this dreadful disease, and the Government of Koningsburg, therefore, has ordered that none such shall be flayed for the future." It ought to be known by our fair countrywomen who think of making a trip to Paris for the purpose of laying in a good stock of French silk gowns, and other apparel, that the officers of the Customs now demand duty upon all French articles, whether made up or not.; even if they have been worn a Jittle, they are not exempt from duty. This rigour has proved a sad dis appointment to many ladies who have arrived lately with their trunks filled with French articles. A person of gentlemanly figure and deportment, who subscribed his name A. G. M‘Donald, attracted much attention in this town on Friday last, as he perambulated man i n the character thestreets i)fa playing the Scot c h b agp ip es ; a servant walking behind him. He was quickly recognized as the Wandering Minstrel, of whom .the papers have sp o k en , h av i ng undertaken for a wager of 1,0001. to t rave l f or s i x months in that character, and by voltintary contribu tions from the public,' collect sufficient for his own subsistence, and reserve 1001. out of his receipts, clear of such expellees. There it no reason to doubt but . this per son was th e character- he represented; he played the pipe s th ro ugh the various st ree t s , an d as said.by some, with much ability ; he did not hi mse lf take money, neither did be who walked behind him ask any, but accepted only such . as was offered, which invited to several of the inns was m,til o b n u al t d , however, triflin our observation. Mr. in the town, where he was very courteously received. d: , i ,as ring He played much, and sung several songs with. good effect, producing him in one house a s muc h as fifteen and in others ten shillings. The same person was at Ipswich - on the 4th instant. Some thodght they re cognised in Mr. *Donald the celebrated Captain Barclay ; but we are assured such is not the case.-- Essex Herald, CANADA COMPANY. The Committee of the Stock Exchange were occupied several hours an Tuesday with the question concerningthe validity of certain bargains in the Shares ofthe Canada Company. Many of the buyers, it is well known, have refused ta.stand to their agreement, on the alleged ground that the conditions under.. which they made their .pur chases, have not been fulfilled. The prospectus held out the temptation of the transfer of. ctown and church lands to the Company; but the Government have not been able to make the promised assignment ; anti the Company has been compelled to purchase lands which it is averred are of a lees valuable description. The buyers of shares, there fore, considering that the acquisition of the former kind of lands was a condition precedent, hold themselves exone rated from their contracts. On the other hand, the sellers allege, that though-the prospectus certainly contained the before-mentioned inducements, yet the deed which consti tuted and gave the first substantial and formal existence to the Compitny, makes no mention of any. particular de scription of land. They argue that the prospectus became a dead letter as soon as the more solemn instrument, the deed, was framed aid .executed; and they add, that even if the strict wordS of the agreement had been (which they are not) of the nature contended for by the other side, yet as the Company have acted with perfect.good faith, nei ther hanOur nor equity will allow such a construction of the contract as is . desired by the buyers. The Committee, after a long investigation, - have, on account of various ,dif ficulties, deferred their decision as to the validity of the bargains.--Timer. MARRIAGE. TO THE EDITOR. A correspondent, who reminds us that Lord Stowell has declared that " a marriage in a .foreign country, accord ing- to the forms which are binding in that country, is a valid marriage in England," asks---Whether an Enalish- Man, going to Constantinople, there marrying a dozen or two of Turkish girls, which he may do " according to the forms which are binding in that country,".and then bring ing them to England, will here be allowed to enjoy them all quietly, without danger of prosecotion for bigamy ; and whether the husband and Wives would be entitled to con sider their union as " a valid marriage in England ?" Our correspondent expresses considerable anxiety for informa tion on the . subject, as be states that he is on the eve of sailing for Constantinople himself. Sir--In answer to the gentleman, who, going to 'Con stantinople, wishes to know whether be may take unto himself « a dozen or two" of Turkish Wives, I would beg to inform him that I fear his " fond hopes" cannot be legally realized. Your correspondent has looked too exclusively on the mere forms or ceremonies of the holy. state ; .a little led into the error, I doubt not, by the terms of the proposi; Lion. The forms or ceremonies are, however, not the only . . essentials to a valid marriage, First, in the supposed case, it seems .extremely doubtful whether, according to the laws of Turkey, A Mahomedan could ever be joined in matri mony with a Christian ; and if not, a marriage invalid there, would not be likely to be carried as valid here. Sup posing, however, that your corre4ondent should feel difi posed to sacrifice a little of the spirit to the flesh, and s hould actually, or iwo fem., put off the Christian and put on the Mahemedan, he must at the same time remember that temporal allegiance is not so easily put on and off. He. must st dl, to his King and country, remain an Englishman, and 4t: such, Intiq nut violat6 the Jaws of this realm. I am of opinion if he should find it,impossible to resist the influence of inclination, example, and climate, there is no safe course—if he indulge in a hope of ever returning to this country—but to turn,Turk at once, and in due form ; so as to be able to plead his conversion in answer to an in dictment for bigamy. Q.—Times. - DISTRESS-DISEASE.---Fever Fevei i s dreadfully on the increase in Limerick.—The distress among the poor of Carrick and Carrickbeg.was of so. peculiar a nature, that his • Excellency the Marquis Wellesley has hu manely' transmitted, through Mr. Goulburn, a private subscription of 501. in aid of the Relief Fund. This seasonable assistance has given an impulse to the Cha rity Committee ; the Rev. Mr. Grady has already commenced a new subscription for Carrick ; and Mrs. Wall, of Lodge, and Mr, .Power, ; of Tinhallow, have each paid in their second subscriptions, for the poor of Carrickbeg.—Thomas Rochfort, of Garretstowii. Esq. has given a donation of 100/. to the Relief Fund of Cork ; and Colonel Roche, of Trabolgan, 521. 1080 , — Freeman's Journal. AN AMUSING MISCELLANY.—We sometimes hear of individuals of very opposite ,characters and oc cupations accidentally meeting together in particular places, but perhaps there never was a more varied group than lately occupied the outside of the coach that runs between Durham and Sunderland. On Thursday week, when the vehicle was on its return to the former place, there were seated on it an eccentric house-painter and his wife, a parson, too thieves and a constable, a methodist, an attorney, a musician, and an auctioneer Tyne Mercary,—N.l3. There want ed but one to complete the set-- - -Jack Ketch ; and then it would Have been perfect. THE JURY SYSTEM IN FRANCL—It is known that unanimity is not essential to a legal verdict in France. The following verdict and sentence, lately delivered at the Assize Court of Paris, will sheW the weight of authority which attaches to the majority of the jury :—Verdict, , t Guilty, by a majority of seven voices over five, of having, on the 30th November last, as agent of police, committed an act of arbitrary against the accuser Confine. minority of. , the jury, acquitted the accused , and con pSoewnteernaciel—d i ( n,lti T r l i t s e al C lili o e u t r a t,' adopting the opinion of the denmed the prosecutor, IVL Cornille, to pay the costs 'of the suit to the State, making his person liable for the same I I nicetyboipi eooerarlain to aaimni-leyrete.:ta.sar'tluioihgcesdi,viis3ion, POOR' LAWS SETTLEMENT.--A case of some h a s come before the Magistrates of Marylebone. was about to be removed from Maryle- Diss, in Norfolk. 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Ae• 4 • 1 4, ( . o.f" • ". 4 i 011,14, ads 'l.. i litit‘ .. 3- ' 114 *%:42 4411 ' . 1 44341 11 't‘ l' in - 0 N 4 -r t 0 '' 1 Yesterday a meeti ng o f t h e s h are hOld ers of the above Company was held at Batson's Coffee-house; Cornhi pursuant to advertisement. Mr.' W. CLARK in the Chair. The CuAutsuN, previously to his entering into the busi ness, begged to make one or two remarks about tke Bri tish Iron Company. He had re ce i ve d var i ous l etters re specting the assertion Mr. Shears, one of 'the Managing Director's of the British. Iron Company, had made at the meeting_ held at the City of London Ta vern , t h at h e (M r . Clark) was rejected as a proprietor, on account of his having used threats. That assertion',was most unfounded. He (Mr. Clark) had sent his shares into the office to be regiStered in his name, and the Directors refused to permit that form to take place. If he had been admitted, he would have thrown such-a light upon the affairs of the CoMpany, as would have excited the strongest pub lic indignation, and have reflected very seriously upon Mr. Shears. The Directors of the British Iron Com pany were aware of this, and declined to admit him ; hat the public should be furnished with the detail, at Some future period, of this most shameful bubble.—(Hear, hear.) —Mr. Clark then stated that at a former meeting the shareholders were induced to believe that they could obtain their property in an amicable manner, through the intervention of a person who unfortunately failed in all his attempts, and it was then the duty of the shareholders to devise some other means to bring the direttors to justice, as there could beno . doubt that the money had been grossly Misapplied. The facts of the concoction of this Company were, that a Mr Sinclair purchased a small portion of wound from a Mr. Bailey, for which he paid 1501., and, no doubt, Mr. Sinclair, at the time, had the intention of 'forming a joint stock company of it. A Mr. Hodgson immediately after pureha.seil the same property from Mr. Sinclair for 550/. and they, with other gentlemen, formed a joint stock company of it, and sold it to the shareholders for -2,100/. This plan was precisely in unison with the one adopted in the Cornwall and Devon Mining Company, but it was on a smaller scale. When the parties were sum moned before the Lord Mayor, his Lordship entertained not a doubt that the affair was one of a very 'suspicious nature. Even Mr. Hodgson in exculpation of himself stated every think that was false, and the Lord 'Mayor desired him to desist, as the reverse of his assertion was sworn to. The Alliance Granite and China Clay Com pany grew out of another—the Alliance Mining Company. The latter having failed, the projectors started the former. Mr. Scukß observed, that the Alliance Mining Com pany was introduced into the share-market for the express purpose of having a " rig" in A laugh.)—And as the Directors had not money to work the shares in the market they obtained the acceitanee of a Captain Anset for 6001. winch they endorsed to Williams; the bankers; but owing to dome utegularity on the part of the bankers, the bill was not presented when it became due, consequently the Captain had to pay the bill. The 60(1/. wus applied - to raise the shares to a premium in the market; but in con sequence of Daniel Whittle Harvey having. sold 160, shares when they Were at a high premium, which shares the Di rectors were saddled with, the project failed.—(A laugh.) The CHAIRMAN then stated, that , Mr. Lane had. called upon him, and stated that at a meeting at Mr. Florenee's, the solicitor (Mr. AnStice) finding that the mines had not been visited by any of the other partiesond no report hav ing been made to form a judgment of their value, refused to sanction the payment of any money for the purchaie, and said he would have nothing to do with the concern. Mr. Lane further informed him that a deputation was•then formed, and some of them went down to inspect the pro perty, but were so disappointed at the worthless appearance of the spot pointed Out to them, that they actually mimed another property. Mr. Clark then stated the plan had succeeded at the time, for the deposit money was.paid into the banker's, and drawn out without the consent of the secretary, and the directors refused to account for it. A Shareholder required to know the Directors' Damps,. Mr. SCURR then read from the prospectus, the follow . - ing names as Directors :—John Bleaden, Esq. 47, Loth bury; William Hodgson, Esq., Stoke Newington; Robert 1 lone, Esq., Brixton-hill ; Thomas G. Noreot t, Esq., Pen ' totrville • John Roberts, Esth 444, Lothlntry ; and Richard Walter,Esq., victualler,. and .1. Borroduile, Esq. auditors. Mr: CLARK said, that about the time bubbles were in fashion, those gentlemen introduced HO many schemes , to the publie from their offices 'iu Lothbory, that they were. termed the " Lothbiiry Gang.'! He begged that-'Mr. Vigurs would give any information he was in possession of to the shareholders. Mr. yiGuits Said, that all he had to say was, that he had fortunately got back his money through Mr. Fenton, and had no doubt but that, were the shareholders to adopt the same course, they would get back theirs, as from the word ing of the receipt 'given by the bankers, they made them selves liable. Mr. Setmn.—The . money was paid by the 'Directors, who instructed thoir banker to pay Mr. Vigurs; as they were afraid of hint he being in possessio n o f• th e sec r ets and tricks of the Directors. Mr. Violins said, that be Was solicited to become a Director, and attended it meeting at Mr. Florence's, the solicitor, where the minutes of a meeting were read, and he was required to authorize the sum of 2,100!. to be drawn from the bankers, which sum had been taken out four days before.—(Shume, shame, and laughter.)—Mr. Florence said he knew nothing about it, and that it west ( ' lone without his consent, and he (Mr. Vigurs) found the business so infamous, that he left the room with disgust. Mr. Hodgson, who purchased the property from Sinclair, declined to be a Director in the first instance nutil he sold the property, then he became a Director. Mr. CLARK said, that Mr. Bleaden stated before the Lord Mayor that Hodgson was not a Director, but Everett's books would prove the assertion incorrect. Mr.' SCURR said, that the letter which was addressed to the bankers, huthorising them to pay:the ,money in their hands, on account of the company, was signed by Mr. Hodgson, and whose signature was honoured when signed to the checks. Mr. CLARK, in alluding to Mr. Wilke, obserVed thq that gentleman hid addressed a letter to the newspapers; denouncing the press and stating, what terrible things he intended to do. The Times newspaper acted upon Mr. Wilkes own plan. It= rejected his letter without being paid for it, not being it cheap newspaper.—(Loud laughter).—The existence of this company was a stro ng instance of the credulity of the public. '1 he humbug was as complete as far as it went-viz. to the extent of a few thousands—as any he had known. The deed of settlement had been signed by no more than eight persons, and seals were put and prepared for 225 other signatures. A pro secution was, in his opinion, the only remedy—the only chance of restitution. Mr. SCURR said, he apprehended that was the fact. lie would much rather have the money he had paid us. depo sits, than go to the Old Bailey for satisfaction. This seemed to be th e gen era l f ee li ng o f the room. A Shareholder.—Who, in the name of God, wax it that concocted this humbug ? Another.—Why, Hodgson, to be sure; ever y body knows th a t. H e i n d itce d me to take 20 shares in the General Mining Company, ‘vhieti said was the - finest speculation in t explored woli'l• A third.—Where are they ? d uapni S t e fiox e lvir o tae t t i si(i,t s mitt ) t if you watt tea irlcterncrnc upon titi t titi l lus it o : e i d n .,7;voeom a r(t t ;Aript l r i i, o tfolt t at ; :c e ,:gerps b .ihi t i, i or t geu l hl dca : vbe i or criminal, to be ild"Put fur I to further the ends of mane On Friday last, a fine covey of partridges flew from the . land on boartt,llll oyster smack in Shoreham har bour. There were seven birds, five of which flew on board, w one in the water, and one on the water's edge. They ere alltaken, and brought alive to Brighton.— Brietton Gazette,